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Published 20 Jul 2022, 14:55 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Cranbrook-Monkerton District Heating Interconnector - Pipeline Design/Construction and/or Operation and Maintenance

Official notice

Authority: East Devon District Council (Local council)

2 lotsWorksCompetitive procedure with negotiationMax 2 lots per supplier
Published estimate£30,000,000total for 2 lots · 1 value update
Submissions closed 5 May 2023
Lots 2max 2 won per supplier
Contract term Ends 29 Feb 2024

What is being bought2 lots · detail below

Published requirement description

Construction and fit-out of a Heat Transfer Station (circa 23MW capacity) on an EfW site

comprising District Heating pumps, construction of a 7.5 km heat transmission main and

supply and installation of 2 no heat transfer interfaces in East Devon.

The project is to connect the existing and yet to be developed parts of the

Cranbrook/Skypark and Monkerton heat networks to a low carbon heat source at Hill Barton

Business Park. When completed the project will provide low carbon heat to some 12,000

homes from an Energy from Waste plant which is currently under development. The

Cranbrook/Skypark and Monkerton networks are designed to supply 3,500 homes and 1.4m

sq ft of commercial space and 4,600 homes and 800k sq ft of commercial space

respectively. The connection project will enable the bulk supply of heat to both networks.

The interconnector will also support the planned expansion of the Cranbrook new town to

circa 8,000 homes through enabling the delivery of a Future Homes Standard and Future

Buildings Standard compliant energy solution.

The contract will be split into two Lots:

  • Lot 1 - Design and Build/Construction Package
  • Lot 2 - Operation and Maintenance

Bidders will be able to bid for one or more Lots but are not obliged in any way to bid for both.

CPV: Construction work · Gas pipelines · Pipelines

Lots and requirements (2)Procurement structure

2 lots · all with a published value (£30,000,000 together) · win at most 2 of them · same evaluation weights on every lot
Lot #1Design and Build/Construction PackagePublished value£25,000,000
  • Construction and fit-out of a Heat Transfer Station (circa 23MW capacity) on an EfW site

comprising District Heating pumps

  • Construction of a 7.5 km heat transmission main (maximum diameter 350 mm)
  • Installation will involve a mixture of rural roads, farmland and public highway
  • Tunnelling (currently proposed method is pipe jacking) required under dual carriageway and in proximity to operational airport
  • A pipe bridge over the River Clyst
  • Supply and installation of 2 no heat transfer interfaces:
  1. Science Park, requiring separate plant room enclosure adjacent to existing substation
  2. Cranbrook/Skypark: within existing 3rd party energy centre
Contract period: … – 29 Feb 2024
Delivery: South West
Variant bids: not allowed
Lot #2Operation and MaintenanceRenewalPublished value£5,000,000
  • Operation, maintenance and inspections of the constructed pipeline
  • Operation, maintenance and inspections of heat transfer station
  • Contractors will be responsible for service, maintenance, repair, replacement and inspection of all plant and equipment included in this package

This contract will be offered as an initial 5 year contract, with 2 extensions of 3 years and 2 years respectively.

Delivery: South West
Extensions: This contract will be subject to extension of up to 60 months.Variant bids: not allowed

What it takes to win
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How this buyer will score bids.

The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more
How bids were scored · same split on all 2 lots
Quality: 40%Price: 60%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Quality: 40
  • Price: 60
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 60 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 6 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.

Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached
Procedure method
Competitive procedure with negotiation
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0023 Concession Contracts Regulations 2016 (Directive 2014/23/EU)
Procurement category
Works
Notice status
Closed
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
20 Jul 2022, 14:55 BST
Last source update
24 Apr 2023, 15:30 BST
Authority reference
DN617266
FTS notice number
2023/S 000-011691
Classification (CPV)
Construction workGas pipelinesPipelines
Delivery area
South West (UKK4)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0353ef Find a Tender

Publisher note: The authority reserves the right to cancel the procurement process at any stage. The authority does not bind itself to accept the lowest or any tender, and reserve the right not to award a contract. The authority reserves the right to award the contract in part, or to call for new tenders should they consider this necessary. Economic operators remain responsible for all costs and expenses incurred by them or by any third party acting under instructions from them in connection with their participation in this procurement, whether incurred directly by them or their advisors or subcontractors and regardless of whether such costs arise as a consequence direct or indirect of any amendments to documents issued by the authority at any time, or as a consequence of the cancellation of the procurement by the authority. For the avoidance of doubt, the authority shall have no liability whatsoever to economic operators or their advisors or subcontractors, for any of their costs, including but not limited to those for any discussions or communications. Any contract(s) or agreement(s) entered into as a result of this contract notice shall be considered as a contract(s) or agreement(s) made under English law and subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts. If an economic operator considers that any information supplied by it during this procurement process is commercially sensitive or confidential in nature, this should be highlighted and the reasons for its sensitivity as well as the duration of that sensitivity specified. Economic operators should be aware that even where they have indicated that information is commercially sensitive, the authority may disclose it pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act 2000 in response to a request for information where such disclosure is considered to be in the public interest. Please note that the receipt by any of the authority of any materials marked ‘confidential’ or equivalent shall not be taken to mean that the authority accepts any duty of confidence by virtue of that marking.

How it was run

Official notice
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Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free · short registration with manual review; public opportunity list
Submission deadline
5 May 2023, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
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Accepted languages
en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

10 Oct 2022 → 5 May 2023 · 3 dates
  1. Next notice expected
    10 Oct 2022, 00:00 BST
  2. Notice published
    24 Apr 2023, 15:30 BST
  3. Submission deadline
    5 May 2023, 12:00 BST

Notice history

4 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 23 Feb 2023
  1. Published value published: £30,000,000
    23 Feb 2023, 15:14 GMT
  2. Status changed to active
    23 Feb 2023, 15:14 GMT
  3. Procurement method changed
    23 Feb 2023, 15:14 GMT
  4. Deadline published: 5 May 2023, 12:00 BST
    23 Feb 2023, 15:14 GMT
Published amendments (1 · 0 deadline changes)
WhenWhatBeforeAfterShift
—DateDate · V.2.25 May 202312 May 2023+7 d

1 amendment published without a description.

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

East Devon District Council

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityGeneral public services Blackdown House, Border Road, Heathpark Industrial Estate, Honiton, South West, EX14 1EJContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria